pecking order in English

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a hierarchy of status seen among members of a group of people or animals, originally as observed among hens.
the luxurious office accentuated the manager's position in the pecking order
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1. 15 But normally the pecking order works out by itself.

2. Bullpen composition Wilson was already due to move up the Bullpen's pecking order

3. The original use of pecking order referred to the expression of dominance in chickens.

4. To clamber up the pecking order, some people slave away nights and weekends at the office.

5. Chickadees establish a dominance hierarchy, or “pecking order,” by which each bird is known to the other according to rank

6. Bantams mixed with standard-sized breeds must fight for their place in the pecking order from the brooder box

7. Removing hens or roosters from a flock causes a temporary disruption to this social order until a new pecking order is established.

8. Individual Chickens in a flock will dominate others, establishing a ‘pecking order’, with dominant individuals having priority for access to food and nesting locations.

9. For a certain generation, Commie is one of the worst things you could level at someone, perhaps just behind Nazi in the political insult pecking order

10. Great tits are the biggest and Bolshiest members of their family, so they’re higher in the pecking order than other tits at our garden bird feeders

11. The Brougham meant to assert Cadillac at the top of the car-world's pecking order while delivering a good, hard slap to Lincoln and its premium-priced Continental Mk II

12. As Taylor Acquaints us with the pecking order in his school, his parents' conversations and escalating arguments, his struggle with his stammer, his hero worship of his older cousin, the prejudice and ignorance of his adult acquaintances, his first crush and first …

13. Using this rule of thumb, if Chicken A sees that Chicken B is larger, Chicken A will defer; if Chicken B is smaller, it will defer to Chicken A. In this way, only chickens of similar sizes will fight and the pecking order of the group overall is maintained without requiring individual recognition.